Murtha does it again

Murtha Disputes Bush on Iraq

Rep. John Murtha on Monday rejected the Bush administration characterization of the war in Iraq, calling it a fight against insurgents, not terrorists, and he said it is a battle the United States cannot win militarily.

Murtha, a Democrat from western Pennsylvania, reiterated his call for the withdrawal of American troops, speaking in Center City about an hour after President Bush spoke a few blocks away.

Murtha said the United States is seen as an occupier by Iraqis, and, being in Philadelphia, he drew a comparison to the American Revolution. He said that if the French had remained in the infant United States after the Revolutionary War, "we'd have thrown them the hell out of here." That's how Iraqis are reacting now to the presence of U.S. troops, the 73-year-old congressman said.

"The Iraqis are not against democracy, they are against our occupation," he said.

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So "insurgents" are killing other Iraqis? If "the French had remained in the infant United States after the Revolutionary War", would American Minutemen have murdered other Americans by the thousand?

Can't this guy just keep his fricking mouth shut? The Iraqi elections are less than three days away, and this clown's teeing up soundbytes for al Jazeera!

Murtha, like another Vietnam vet, John Kerry Stimson Thorne Heinz, seems to believe that his service in Vietnam inoculates him from charges that he is providing fodder for the enemy.

Balderdash!

Benedict Arnold was once a brave American general.

With all due respect given for your service, Mr. Murtha: Please shut up!